Asphalt Paving Company To Pay $1.25M To Settle EEOC Race Harassment Suit

(August 29, 2024, 10:51 AM EDT) -- TAMPA, Fla. — An asphalt paving company with offices in five states will pay $1.25 million and provide injunctive relief to end a lawsuit by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging that the company subjected a dozen Black former employees and a class of other Black employees to frequent, severe harassment due to their race, according to a consent decree signed by a federal judge in Florida....